McAulay Smith Successfully Recruits Managing Director, Central Market Lead - Carolinas

Charlotte, NC – July 19, 2022 – McAulay Smith recruited Tim Beck to join Oakworth Capital Bank, a leading financial institute that provides commercial banking, wealth management and private banking services across the U.S., as the Managing Director, Central Market Lead - Carolinas.  Oakworth Capital Bank is headquartered in Birmingham, AL with offices in Montgomery, Mobile, Nashville and now Charlotte.

McAulay Smith recruited Beck following his retirement as EVP & Chief Credit Officer with Aquesta Bank (sold to United Community Bank on October 1, 2021).  He brings significant experience in the financial services industry, holding prominent leadership roles in commercial and corporate banking and credit administration for Aquesta Bank, Bank of America, SouthTrust Bank, Branch Banking and Trust, First Horizon and Silverton Bank.

Beck earned a B.S., Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Steve Smith managed the search.

The McAulay Smith Firm is a performance-based retained executive search firm that partners with clients to recruit for mid- and senior-level executive and management positions.  Established in 1995, The McAulay Smith Firm has completed hundreds of engagements for numerous client companies in 32 states and 10 countries.

McAulay Smith Successfully Recruits Head of HR North America

Charlotte, NC – June 20, 2022 – McAulay Smith successfully recruited Angela Modica from her role as HR Operations Lead/ HR Business Partner NORAM with Clariant to be the Head of HR North America for APM Terminals, which has more than 22,000 industry professionals working to serve 10,000 customers through 76 terminals in its global network.

Modica brings 19 years of HR leadership experience as well as a B.S. in Human Resources Development & Training from Oakland University.

Steve Smith managed the search.

The McAulay Smith Firm is a performance-based retained executive search firm that partners with clients to recruit for executive management positions.  Established in 1995, The McAulay Smith Firm has completed over 900 engagements for numerous client companies in 32 states and 10 countries.

McAulay Smith Successfully Recruits Vice President, Distribution Support

Akron, OH – October 24, 2022 – McAulay Smith successfully recruited John Hawkins, Jr. to be the Vice President, Distribution Support for one of the country’s largest investor-owned utilities.  Hawkins was recruited from Entergy where he was the Vice President of Distribution Operations.

Hawkins brings over 21 years of experience in the Energy industry with leadership experience in roles such as Vice President, Reliability (T&D Operations) at Entergy and Vice President, Distribution Operations, Senior Director, Distribution Operations, General Manager – Reliability and Area Manager – Distribution at Florida Power & Light.  He started his career with Duke Energy.

Hawkins holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology from Purdue University, an MBA from Indiana University and is a Licensed Professional Engineer for the States of Ohio and Texas.

Steve Smith managed the search.

 The McAulay Smith Firm is a performance-based retained executive search firm that partners with clients to recruit for executive management positions.  Established in 1995, The McAulay Smith Firm has completed over 900 engagements for numerous client companies in 32 states and 10 countries.

McAulay Smith Successfully Recruits Site Vice President (Nuclear)

New Hill, NC – June 6, 2022 – McAulay Smith successfully recruited Tom Haaf to be the Site Vice President for a single unit, pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear power generating station located in the Carolinas. Haaf was recruited from his role as Site Vice President at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Plant at Constellation Energy.

Haaf brings over 27 years of experience in the nuclear industry with leadership experience in roles such as Plant Manager of Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant and Three Mile Island Power Station. 

Haaf joined the commercial nuclear power industry in 2002 after serving for more than eight years in the U.S. Nuclear Navy.  He holds a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering Technology from Thomas Edison State College.

 Steve Smith managed the search.

The McAulay Smith Firm is a performance-based retained executive search firm that partners with clients to recruit for executive management positions.  Established in 1995, The McAulay Smith Firm has completed over 900 engagements for numerous client companies in 32 states and 10 countries.

McAulay Smith Recruits Director of Outage & Work Management

Newport, MI –May 24, 2022 – McAulay Smith successfully recruited Randy Earley from his role as Senior Manager of Maintenance Execution for Exelon Nuclear to be the Director of Outage & Work Management for a leading investor-owned utility.

Randy has over 22 years of nuclear industry experience including former leadership roles with Exelon Nuclear.

He began his career with the United States Navy, where he served six years.

Steve Smith managed the search.

The McAulay Smith Firm is a performance-based retained executive search firm that partners with clients to recruit for executive management positions.  Established in 1995, The McAulay Smith Firm has completed almost 900 engagements for numerous client companies in 32 states and 10 countries.

McAulay Smith Successfully Recruits Vice President - Engineering & Technical Support

Newport, MI – March 21, 2022 – McAulay Smith successfully recruited Stephanie Banker from her role as Vice President, Nuclear Engineering & Support for Ameren, Callaway Energy Center, to be the new Vice President – Engineering & Technical Support for a leading electric utility.

Stephanie brings over 30 years of industry experience derived from her 12 years at Ameren holding leadership roles in engineering, training, projects, performance improvement and security; time spent with INPO as the project manager for Industry Leadership & Development; and engineering roles (corporate) / operations roles at Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant /Senior Reactor Operator/Shift Technical Advisor at Progress Energy.

Prior to Stephanie’s industry experience, she served in the U.S. Air Force (both active and inactive reserve).  She earned a B.S., Nuclear Engineering and Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering & Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Averett University.

Steve Smith managed the search.

The McAulay Smith Firm is a performance-based retained executive search firm that partners with clients to recruit for executive management positions. Established in 1995, The McAulay Smith Firm has completed hundreds of engagements for numerous client companies in 32 states and 10 countries.

McAulay Smith Successfully Recruits Director - Infrastructure

TN – February 14, 2022 – McAulay Smith successfully recruited Josh Linville from his role as Director of IT Operations with TC Energy (NYSE:TSX) to be the new Director – Infrastructure for a 10,000-employee electric utility company.

In his new role, Josh will be responsible for a team of approximately 200+ employees and the strategic oversight of all Infrastructure functions to include cloud conversion.

Steve Smith managed the search.

The McAulay Smith Firm is a performance-based retained executive search firm that partners with clients to recruit for executive management positions. Established in 1995, The McAulay Smith Firm has completed hundreds of engagements for numerous client companies in 32 states and 10 countries.

McAulay Smith Successfully Recruits Senior Director, Global Environment, Health & Safety

COLUMBIA, SC –September 15, 2021 – Hanneke Counts joins a global nuclear services energy company (Company) as its Senior Director, Global Environment, Health & Safety to be responsible for establishing the Company’s EHS strategy in collaboration with the business and functional needs as well as managing the development and planning of Environmental, Health and Safety programs across the organization.

McAulay Smith recruited Counts from her role as Vice President, Global HSES at Eastman Chemical, a $8.5B company primarily involved in the chemical industry.  Counts spent over 12 years with the company in various roles such as Process Improvement Engineer, Chemicals Manufacturing Division, Engineering, Environmental Affairs, Manager, HSE&S, Manager, Corporate Audit Services, Manager, HSES Special Projects, Manager, Sustainability.  She earned a B.S., Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Engineering, Environmental Engineering from Clemson University.

Steve Smith managed the search.

The McAulay Smith Firm is a performance-based retained executive search firm that partners with clients to recruit for executive management positions.  Established in 1995, The McAulay Smith Firm has completed hundreds of engagements for numerous client companies in 32 states and 10 countries.